Conservation behavior

Conservation behavior helped biologists place inconspicuous nest boxes for wood ducks that helped protect from brood parasites.

Ultimately, it is behavior that determines survival.

Timberlake & Lucas 1989[1]

Conservation behavior is the interdisciplinary field about how animal behavior can assist in the conservation of biodiversity.[2][3][4] It encompasses proximate and ultimate causes of behavior and incorporates disciplines including genetics, physiology, behavioral ecology, and evolution.[3][4]

  1. ^ Timberlake, W. & G.A. Lucas. 1989. Behavior systems and learning: from misbehavior to general principles. pp. 237–275. In: S.B. Klein & R.R. Mowrer (ed.) Contemporary Learning Theories: Instrumental Conditioning and the Impact of Biological Constraints on Learning, Erlbaum Associate Publishers, Hillsdale.
  2. ^ Blumstein, Daniel; Fernández-Juricic, Esteban (2010). A primer of conservation behavior.
  3. ^ a b Blumstein, D. T.; Fernández-Juricic, E. (2004). "The Emergence of Conservation Behavior". Conservation Biology. 18 (5): 1175–1177. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00587.x.
  4. ^ a b Berger-Tal, O.; Polak, T.; Oron, A.; Lubin, Y.; Kotler, B. P.; Saltz, D. (2011). "Integrating animal behavior and conservation biology: A conceptual framework". Behavioral Ecology. 22 (2): 236–239. doi:10.1093/beheco/arq224.